France: We Stand With the Vertbaudet Workers!

France: We Stand With the Vertbaudet Workers!

May 22, 2023 editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, translated from French. Last Tuesday, May 16, the police intervened to break up a picket line of workers at the warehouse of a children’s clothing company, Vertbaudet, in...
Una sociedad basada en el miedo y la violencia

Una sociedad basada en el miedo y la violencia

Este año ha sido uno de aumento de tiroteos masivos y otros actos violentos en muchas partes de los EE. UU. Este año, a principios de mayo, hubo 184 tiroteos masivos, donde cuatro o más personas resultaron heridas o muertas. Estos asesinatos en masa en las escuelas,...
Endless Money for War, Stingy for the Poor

Endless Money for War, Stingy for the Poor

A few days ago it was announced that the Pentagon made an error when calculating its total funding for aid to Ukraine, a country still locked in its struggle against the brutal Russian invasion and occupation. Pentagon accountants apparently overvalued some of the...
Biden’s Border Policy – More Trump than Trump

Biden’s Border Policy – More Trump than Trump

The Trump-era border restrictions known as Title 42 expired on Thursday, May 18. These are the policies that, in the name of limiting the COVID pandemic, turned away asylum-seekers and forced thousands of people to wait in Mexico in dangerous situations. Trump’s...
Ocean Heating Adds Urgency to Our Task

Ocean Heating Adds Urgency to Our Task

A new United Nations climate assessment report builds on previous reports to paint a picture of oceans continuing to heat up along with our global atmosphere. This is the latest in a series of reports that show a more rapid rate of increase in global ocean surface...